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VoL. VII. HARTFORD, OoNN.,. NovEMBER, 1874. No. XI. Glazier's Art Gallery ON Whe,e may be found • la,ge asso,tment of • • °'"1 1'-'"f S & Co Oil and Water Color · ~~ .., PAINTINGS, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Line and Mezzo Tint Engravings, Water Colored Photographs, &c. ALSO, FRAMES OF NEWEST DESIGNS. 276 MAIN STREET, HARTFORD, CON RespeC;tfully, 0. D. GLAZIER & CO.

115 ASYLUM STREET, J. G. HATFIELD; 0 p t z' c z' a n a n d Jew e I er, H ARTFORD, CONN. 220 ASYLUM STREET, Will be found a fine line of Spectacles, Eye Glasses, &c., suited to Myopia, Presbyopia, Hypermetropia. &c . Personal attention given to this branch of the business. LADIES' & GENTS' BOOTS & SHOES Badges of every description made to order. Watches and Jewelry, Clocks, Opera Glass Repairing, Made to Order and Repaired. promptly and skillfully done. 220 ASYLUM STREET.

KRUG, PARISH & CO., College B ook Store. M anu/acturers o_f Cigars, - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN I BROWN & GROSS,

SMOKING & CHEWING TOBACCOS, B ooKsELLERs & S TATIONERS, Snuffs, Meerschaum and Briar Pipes, &c. NO. 49 ASYLUM STREET, 267 MAIN ST., HARTFORD, CONN. HARTFORD, CONN. MICHAEL POWERS, L. KRGG, .CHAS. KUEHNHOLD, R. B. PARISH. F. A BROWN. W. · H. GROSS. 160 THE TRINITY TABLET. · The Trinity Tablet. WINTER GOODS IN STORE This paper, published monthly, is designed to be an exponent of the views of the Choice Goods for Men's Wear STUDENTS OF TRINITY COLLEGE, Made to order in first style and at short notice. Very respectfully, and to furnish subscribers with all the NEWS OF THE COLLEGE WORLD John J. Lehr, in general. Its editors will endeavor to make it attractive Over Conklin's "Bazaar.'' in form and matter, and will spare no pains to render it H. W. CONKLIN, worthy of the favor with which it has hitherto been DEALERS IN received. The TABLET will be sent to any address upon receipt Men's Furnishing Goods, of the subscription price, $2.00 per annum. And Manufacturer of the Celebrated Specimen numbers free. Address PHCENIX SHIRTS, THE TRINITY TABLET, At CONKLIN'S BAZAAR, NO. 264 MAIN STREET, Drawer 20, HARTFORD, CONN. H.AR'IFORD, CONN.

New Store! New Goods! GENTS' Call and Examine! Fashionable Spring Hats ERNST SCHALL, In all the latest New York and Philadelphia 207 MAIN STREET, CORNER OF MULBERRY, style Silk Hats made to order on the Broad- DEALER IN Diamonds, Watches, Stone Cameos, way and Dunlap block, at Sterling Silver, Plated Ware, &c. STILLMAN & CO'S No Old Stock. Everything new and sure to suit. I ' WATOH REPAIRING. 33 Main Street.

BENEDICT BROTHERS, E. P. & WM. KELLOGG, Importers and Manufacturers of FINE WATCHES, CHAINS, Art and Photograph Gallery, DIAMONDS, No. 279 MAIN STREET, Jewelry and Silver-Ware, HARTFORD, CONN.

COLLEGE BADGES & CLASS RINGS A SPECIAL TY. Picture Frames of all kinds made at short notice, and prices reasonable. 171 BROADWAY, Photographs Executed in every style of the art. Cor. Courtland! Street, NEWYORK. Satisfaction warranted.

U,-KEEPERS OF THE CITY TIME. Special Attention paid to Class Pictures. VoL. VII. HARTFORD, CONN., OVEMBER, 1874. No. XI.

II. AUTUMN. 1. 1. The step of the king is growing slow, The Summer's queen tripped gaily a.long, That was once so proud and grand. With all ber beauteous train, The bright golden blaze, And laughter and song To a tender haze, Rippled sweetly along, Is yielding on every hand. Till the greenwood echoed again. 2. 2. The twining locks of the golden head From a hiding place by the brooklet's rim, Are flecked with a silver spray. A golden head crept slowly out. The laugh and the shout .As the light and gleam Of his advent rout Flashed over the stream, In murmurs are dying away. The nymphs scampered off in & rout. 8. 3. The dimples that played on his rosy cheeks The merry brown eyes with frolic glowed, Lie buried in lines of care. Like jewels in settings rare, The chill frost of death And the dimples played Is hid in his breath, With the light and shade That once wooed the young and fair. Of his waving golden hair. 4. 4. Sweet songsters no longer twitter about, With shout and bound, o'er the yielding ground, Nor fl.it through the garlands gay. He followed the flying btt.nd. The fair, sweet, flowers, The flowerets sweet The sunlit bowers, Kissed softly his feet, .A.re mournfully passing away. While zephyrs his smooth brow fanned. 5. 5. The smooth, bright, brow is wrinkled now, He plucked in his glee each streaming trail The head of gold is drooping low. Through the driving sleet, Of lilies and roses fair, He totters to meet And bound them fast, The silent night, and the snow. With a golden clasp, .A.bout his shimmering hair. 6. THE NEW PRESIDEJn: His perfumed breath filled all the air ; After evening chapel on Friday, Nov. 13th, His glee rang high and higher; .A.s the golden rod Dr. Pynchon came forward and spoke as Sprang up from the sod, follows: And the maples gleamed with fire. "You are aware that on Saturday last I was 7. elected by the Trustees to the important Gay warblers filled the crimson bowers, office of President of Trinity ColJege. And sang in the sunbeams' glow, I would have preferred to be left to the While the merry mirth Rolled over the earth, quiet enjoyment of professional life, and to In an ever ~easeless flow, I the peaceful prosecution of the various liter- 162 THE TRINITY TABLET. ary and scientific pursuits in which I was distant day for the purpose of educating the eugaged. generations that are to come after us. Being But the ver_y decided manner in which this members of the same body, we take a deep appointment was made, combined with the and equal in tersest in your welfare. We support which it has received from leadiug regard you all as standing upon a footing of Trustees who · were prevented from being perfect equality and equally dear to us. We present at the meeting, together with the know no men here as high or low, rich or approval of the F~culty and the necessity poor- or even as bright or dull, but only which there seemed to be for some one to im­ as those who are obedient to the laws of the mediately step in, who was already thoroughly College and of God; striving to discharge acquainted with the actnal state of the Col­ every duty, and making the best use of their lege, and familiar with the plans which have time and talents, and those who are doing been proposed for its extension, render me the reverse of all these. These are the only indiposed absolutely to refnse. two classes we recognize in the College. For And in fact, after consultation with the the former we entertain an unfeigned and Chancellor, I have made up my mind to profound respect. For the latter our respect accept the office, with the understanding that is proportionately less ; and our aim is to I do not enter upon its duties, so far as the induce them to improve. government of the College is concerned, until In this respect of absolute equality before the beginning of the next term. And I have the College Law and in the estimation of the thought it would be more befitting the Faculty, the College is a pure Democracy. In relations existing between us, if I were to the other respect, that obedience and fidelity make the announcement to you myself, and regard to duty are appreciated and imme­ instead of allowing it to reach you in any diately arranged, the college is an aristocracy, other way. Let me add that I do not look which is continually replenished by the dona­ upon· this appointment so much in the light tion of men from the ranks as they prove of a compliment to myself, as to the Faculty. themselves worthy. By electing a President from the Faculty the This is the Constitution of our little State Trustees imply their confidence in the ability and this the principle on which it is admin­ of the Faculty, not only to perform the istered. Ry strictly adhering to it, w.e hope ordinary work of the college, but also to carry to lead you all up step by step, towards the it safely through the present crisis. The condition of well educated, virtuous and Faculty themselves feel conscious of their religions men, and to bring the internal con­ strength, and of their entire competency dition of the college into a state of good without calling in any external or foreign aid prosperity. to transfer the college safely to its new In regard to external matters, as you are position, and after that to place it in the a ware, in rather more than two years, _we forefront of the Colleges of the country, and shall be obliged to quit these buildings and this it is which we propose to do. this spot, and in the mean time we are under In doing this honor they depend largely the necessity of providing ourselves with some upon the co-operation of the students, and other home. At their late meeting ·the Trus­ this because they feel that the students and tees charged the building committee with the themselves form really but one Body, and work otpreparing a final plan for the building, that their interests are identical: you being to be submitted to them at an adjourned meet­ simply the younger men, whom we, the older, ing to be held on the 5th day of December. are training up to take our place at · no When that plan is decided · upon, contracts THE TRINITY TABLET 163 will be made, and active work commenced ment in this line has been needed for a long in the pring, or ::ts soon as the weather will time, and we are glad to hail its appear8,nce. allow. We confidently expect to be trans­ It will now be possible to go from one hall to ferred to the new site in the course of the the other in bad weather without wading ummer of 1 77, and the class of 187 , now through infant rivers. Good walks have also sitting on yonder benches, will be the firRt to been made from Brownell to Seabnry, and enjoy the comforts and luxuries of the new from thence along the entire rear of Jarvis. habitations. Let ns hope that they will not We are thankful for the attention that has be poiled by it. When this removal is once been paid to onr soles. accompli bed we confidently believe that the · SENIOR CLASS MEE'fING. College will enter upon a cour e of greatly A short while ago the Seniors after re­ increased prosperity, and very soon be com­ peated efforts were able to have a class meet­ pelled greatly to lengthen her cords and ing. Its object was to elect officers. Mr. trengthen her takes. The future of the G. M. Hnhhi:i:rrl wi:u:1 flhnRPn president, and .ued from last le, however, to nittee was ap­ aents in regard taken. We NOTICE. rs that no time rk at the Class In reporting- the spee<'h of Dr. Pynehon, quite n number of mii;:tokes were merally been a made 11nd the pcr:-011 l,y whom they would hum lwcn co1·rcctcd l.Jciug sick at ~re to have the the time, the eorrettions were not 111:tdL•, EtmATA..-P. 16·3, thiru pu.1·11gmph, tlrst line, for "honor" rend "how­ •re the summer ever," scn:nth Jinc for "ph1t·c" read "pl:1l'..!S." Fou,th pnrnJ.!"l'aph, sixth ~bbling in class li11e, for" :11-r1111g-ccl II re111\ "c11c11urng-ctl, 11 for '' nri,-to1·ri1ey" reuc\ "Aristoe· rncy,•· seYe11th line f11r ''donation" rend clcniti11n." Fifth p:1r:1g-r11ph, scyenth college. All 11 lilll', for" 1•01111iti1111 •• l'l'itd ":iffitirs, for•· good" "g-rcat." P. 163, first v11rn- i then be laid 11~1•;q ,h, l·i;.:hth Jin,·, fm ''.h:1liit11tiu11s" n·acl "hnliitation," thirteenth line, rate with good omit •• "Tei1tl\· " liftcc11tl1 for ''hopes" n•ad "hope." Second parngrnph, sixth lil~c. 011;i~ •·pl'rhnp:-,:' sen:11th, n·iul "nnd nt tl1c outset," clghtl1, "us" rend 1 • tile p:irlks." ni11th, for ''our" read "their." Third parngruph, se,entb liue, for • · reci Liug" read " re1,1euting." · Room for the mnan, Rnther­ }illette. The has been open ~. We do not

---- r-- V '-F QV•..u.t'nuu., vu:1.1 VVv ouvunr like to see pa- nying tiger , loud calls were made for the new pers on both sides of the political fence on file president. After some time he appeared at in our Reading Room. It would be just as the door and beo-ged to be excu ed, as he had well to add one or two Democratic papers as already spoken within. to keep them out altogether. All students are supposed to contribute to the maintenance MINOR MATTERS. of the Reading Room, and all like to see FLAG WALK. papers after their own heart there. Some The flag walks in front of the bnildings dissatisfaction has been expressed at the action have been lately repaired and raised several of the curators, but we deem it only neces­ in9hes from their old le,1el. ome improve- _ary to call their attention to the fa-ct. · 164 THE TRINITY TABLET.

FRESHMAN BUM. collection he departed, imprecating the direst The Freshman bum on the night of Oct. curses upon Trinity students. The subject 31st was a decided success. A great deal of of the lecture was the "Dawning of the credit is due to the committee of arrange­ Centennial," but was very much mixed up ments, consisting of Messrs. Brundage, with the Beecher-Tilton scandal. Blackmer, Roberts, and Shreve. The Sopho­ PRAYER ·BOOKS. mores although a little boisterous at first be­ A few nights ago some of the students haved remarkably well, and bagged few or with more dexterity than discretion, made none of the glasses. All enjoyed themselves their way into the chapel, and having col­ hugely, and did not leave till the inner man lected all the prayer-books transported them warned them that a longer stay might result up stairs and hid them under the _sofas in the in danger to their equilibrium. old Atheneum, and in the stove of the Eng­ SPECTROSCOPE. lish recitation room. They were found, how­ A new spectroscope has been secured for ever, by the janitor in time for morning the laboratory by Dr. Pynchon, Prof. of prayers. Several handsome books were Chemistry, &c., and our newly ele~ted presi­ ruined, and if their owners cou1d have laid dent. It is from M. Duboscq, the celebrated hands upon the perpetrators of this senseless optical instrument maker of Paris, and is a joke, doubtlessly they ·won1d have received marvel of workmanship. This spectroscope condign punishment. The chapel should be is the largest and most expensive that has considered sacred, and left untouched in a11 ever been brought into America. It will be uocturnal depredations. on _exhibition in ~ few days in the laboratory. BONFIRES. Seniors are especially rejoiced in this addition The 1eaves which have fallen in such pro­ to the chemical and philosophical apparatus fusion ·from the trees on the campus have of the ~o1Iege. been a source of great amusement to the DANIEL PRATI'. Freshmen. Numerous bonfires have been Daniel Pratt, the Great American Trav­ made from them in spite of the edict of the eller, has been to see us again. He made his Faculty to the contrary, and their personal appearance one morning a few days ago just interference. We do not think that we have before chapel, and having posted on the bulle­ ever seen such lawlessness manifested by _a tin board his bill announcing that the lecture set of new comers. As fast as one fire was would take place in the gymna~ium at eleven extinguished, another would be kindled under o'clock, was kindly invited by the students to the very nose of a venerable prof. We en­ attend prayers. Daniel's appearance in joyed the fun greatly, and felt quite sorry chapel created no small stir. The powers when, after the lapse of a week, the want of that be clucked, and Daniel hastily made his material compelled the Freshies to cease exit, muttering that there wasn't any Chris­ from their labors tianity in that ho.use. At the appointed time BELL RINGING. quite a number of students assembled in the A short time since a few students on mis­ gymnasium to hear the lecture. A very chief bent forced an entrance near midnight shaky platform was erected for the occasion, into Seabury hall, and by means of false and after being introduced with all due for­ keys, jimmies, &c., reached the bell which is mality, Daniel commenced. The platform situated on the topmost floor of the tower. mysteriously tumbled down frequently and Having in some way broken through the so alarmed him that after having taken up a stout oak bars which surround the be11, they THE TRINITY TABLET. 165 attached a piece of strong elastic to the tions in England." · The lecture related clapper so as to draw it up to the bell. To almost entirely to English oratory. Numer­ the ovposite side of the clapper they fastened ous illustrations were given of the English a wire which they carried through a hole style, and the speaker closed with a regular made in the tower. To the end of this wire spread-eagle oration of Yankeedom, which which extended a short distance from the was productive of great laughter. We have tower, a strong :fishing line was secured. rarely listened to a more entertaini11g dis­ This line with several branches led into dif­ cotmse, and the crowded audience departed ferent top rooms in oue of the halls. About highly pleased with the Professor's effort. L .Jlf past two o'clock the bell began to sound MEMORIAL OF DR. JAOKSON. loudly. It aroused a number of the students The :Memorial Communion service pre­ who, understanding the joke, shouted" Fire" sented to the College Chapel by the relatives lustily. This together with the noise of the and friends of the late Prest. Jackson has bell waked one or two of the profs., who been in part finished, and the chalice, paten, rnshed ont to put a stop to the disgraceful and alms-basin were used on All Saints' Day. row. But alas! when they got to the doors The service fo of solid sHver, heavily gilt, and of Seabnr_y they fonnd the keyholes plugged is very beautiful. It is a :fitting testimonial up, so they were unable to enter. A rush to the pure and christian life of our lamented was then made to catch the fellow who had president. The remaining pieces will soon hold of the rope. But no rope was to be L>e completed. seen. The fishing 1in e high in the air was THAT TACITUS. too small to be seen. The bell tolled and The Juniors, having "cut" a recitation in tolled. Things were getting desperate. At last the wire broke and everybody went back order to see a game of base ball, were given by the Faculty the option of one of two to bed. By this time the profs. thought of things as puni hment; either to make up the windows of the laboratory, which had carelessly been left unfastened, and through twelve chapters of Tacitus or to lose one hundred marks. They decided to do the them they got at the bell. But it was too late. At the breaking of the wire the line latter, but when the sticking point came there was not enough mucilage in the class to hold had bee!\ carefully drawn away, and all evi­ dence against the actors in the affair was re­ them together, so some cut and the others moved. It is said that one of the profa .. recited. Moral: never boast that your class is a unit before yon know it. gliding aronnd in the dark was arrested by a peeler for disturbing the peace, and had IVY. much difficulty in convincing him that he The committee from the Junior class for was a member of the Faculty. the pnblication of the Ivy has been appoint­ PROFES OR RUSSELL'S LEOTURE . ed, and bid fair to make short work of it. The first of the course of lectures insti­ We hope to see · it certainly by the end of tuted by the <]J.B. K. was delivered by Prof. February. We have heard that some of Russell in the cabinet on Monday evening, them are terribly enr~ged because the Seniors ov. 2d, at a quarter of eight. The profes­ would not give them fifty of their Ivrns to sor had ju t returned from Europe where he send away. Poor fellows! The very small had been perfecting himself in the study of sum of forty-three cents will purchase an elocution, and all were anxious to hear what IvY, and $21.50 will get just fifty, and per­ he had seen and done, so his subject was haps if they were to ask for them civilly, therefore " otes of Professional Observa- they might have some given them. 166 . THE TRINITY TABLET.

COLLEGE AND CAMPUS. The Trustees held a meeting on Saturday, November 7th, and at that time, in addition Published monthly throughout the collegiate year to considering the plans for the buildings, by the Students of elected Thomas R. Pynchon, Scovill Profes­ T RJ.N IT Y COLLEGE. sor of Chemistry and Natural Science, Presi­ dent of the College. Dr. Pynchon, as else­ Managz'ng Edz'tor, . . C. C. BULKLEY, '75. where seen, has since accepted the trust and is now President f the College, although he EDI'l'ORS, CLASS OF '75. does not enter into the active administration W. BRYAN, C. D. SCUDDER, until the Commencement of next term. Dr. J. BUFFINGTON, W. M. STARK. Pynchon is well and favorably knowu to Terms $2.50 per volume, (twelve numbers). In almost all graduates of the College as having advance, $2.00. -Single copies 20 cents. been actively engaged in the work of the College almost from his graduation in the Subscriptions and Communications should be class of ''41. addressed to " THE TRINITY TABLET," To the students themselves, the election of DRAWER 20, HARTFORD, CONN. the Dr. was at first very distasteful, as a11 had fondly hoped that we would get some ·new man in the Faculty and that it would CONTENTS. be much profited thereby. We had all re­ garded Dr. Pynchon as established in the VoL. VII, No. XI, NOVEMBER, 1874. Scovill chair for life, and consequently were Autumn 161 much astonished when we heard of his elec­ The New President 162 tion. The Faculty were, of course, delighted Minor Matters 163 that one of their own number was elected, or Notice .. 166 as some one tersely remarked : " They didn't College and Campus 166 want any stranger coming here. to wake them The Fall Race 167 np." However these things may be, we have Compensation Day 168 never seen a more complete change of feeling The Art of Skinning 169 in regard to College matters than in the case Personals 170 of the new President in the week following Particles 171 his election. We publish elsewhere the re­ pollege Clippings . 171 marks of the gentleman on accepting the po­ sition, and if we can place any confidence in NOTICE. a man's words, (and Dr. Pynchon is notorious­ ly a man who never says he will do a thing We send bills with this number to all of without doing it,) we have obtained the very our subscribers owing us anything. Our man who always steps forth at great crises. printer's ·bills have to be paid, and we must And it is precisely such a crisis as this that have the money to do so. Let everyone who the College now is in. To all those who have receives a bill sit down and send the money paid any attention to the actions of the Trus­ without delay, and not put it off, for it will tees 'in the last few years, it is a self-apparent in that case be forgotten, and in the mean fact that there are two parties in that veuera­ time we are in urgent need of the money. ble body. One of these sold the College THE TRINITY T.Jl.BLET. 167

grounds and received therefor a very large party " received by the election of Dr. Pyn­ amount of money, and this they believe in chon and the commendation of the building investing in such a wa_y as to raise up interest committee. in Western bonds, etc., and allow the college It i the new Pre ident then with whom to carry on the work in the present buildings the future of the Co11ege rest ; if he wi11 but a 1on0' a po ib1e and when forced to vacate take prompt and decided action: if he will them, to go- wel1, somewhere, probabl_y in commence the new bnildings and give us the Trinity block, or perhaps to put np some ome visible proof of hi determination to buildings to last for a few years, when they bring up the Col1ege, well and good, or else claim the investments (paying eight, ten and h may _allow affairs to drift along in the twelve PER CE TUM PER A NUM) will have ame luO'gisb way they have in the past, and accumulated enough mo~rny to erect suitable - bnt we will ab tain. buildings, though this may be a long time We b liev , h wever, that the new Pre~i­ ahead. It is needle s to ay that these men dent will go bravely to work, he ha given are opposed to carrying out Dr. Jackson's u hi word to that effect, and we know he plans. The other faction, which we may is a man to do a thing if he once says that he style the "progressive part.r," are in f'avor of wil I. nd if he doe thi he can depend on carrying out Dr. Jackson's plan and tLat, the hearty a sistance of both alumni and too, immediately. They believe in commenc­ underO'raduate . ing work in the spring and compl ting the library, chapel, lecture rooms, dormitorie , profc ors' houses, dining hall, gymnasium, THE FALL RAGE. et cetera, by the pring of '77. They acknowl­ On aturday, October 31st, was held "the edge that it may be something of a acrifice first annual regatta of Trinity College." The to invest o much money in buildings now, thing was mooted in a boat club meeting at a but they also say that the friends of the ol­ rather late period, and was tried more as an lege will come forward and help it more experiment than anything else, but so success­ readily when they see the in titution disposed ful has it been and productive of so much to help itself. It was thi last party that good, that we regard the annual regattas of elected Dr. Pynchon, and thus at the very Trinity as a fixed thing in the future. outstart of his adminiRtration we understand There were two six-oared crews in the con­ the feelings of the men by whom he was test, the one chosen from the two upper elected, and this is the sentiment pervading classes under the captaincy of Mr. H. O. Dn the breast of almost eYery alumnus of the Bois, '76, stroke of last year's crew, and the College. They regard delay as dangerous; other, chosen nominally from the two lower every day of inaction in regard to these new classes, though in point of fact, Sophomores, buildings is so much loss; we cannot occupy whose captain was Mr. S. D. Hooker, '77, the same position in the public mind to-day also of last year's crew, better known among that we did yesterday unless we commence boating men under the sobriquet of "Hooker those buildings; the College will retrograde Jim." The former crew consi ted of Rnth­ every day unless we give the community erford, '76, bow, Scudder, '75, McLean, '75, some confidence in us by setting to work im­ Erwin, '76, Cameron, '76, and DuBois, '76, mediately. Such, we think, is a fair state­ stroke; the latter of Hooker, bow, Prout, ment of the feelings of the alumni on the Hurd, Lewis, Kurtz, and Scudder, stroke. subject, and they cannot but regard with sat- The start was made shortly after three · isfaction the stunning. blow the "interest from the passenger bridge, the race being ~wo 168 THE TRINITY TABLET. miles and a half, straight-away, the ending augurs good for boating in the future. The point somewhat below the ferry. The Soph­ time, we think, is the best yet made at any omores took the water. first, hot quickly College race this fall, and altogether the affair ahead and maintained their lead throughout. turned out so pleasantly that we may confi Opposite Colt's factory they lead by about dently expect a repetition every year, together two lengths, and at that point they spurted, with many additions. this increasing the lead to four or five length . They rowed about thirty-three strokes to the 001JfPENSATI0N DAY. minute, and their stroke itself was a beauty in its way. They crossed the line at a rattling In years gone by, when students were not pace, four lengths ahead of their disgusted supposed to be as delicate as they are in this competitors, in thirteen minutes, twenty-eight degenerate day, there was a custom at Trinity and three-quarters seconds, the other crew of havh1g a foot-ball match between the being twenty seconds later. The victors were Sophomore and Freshman classes. This presented with a beautiful green and white match was one of the great events of the silk flag and each one of the crew received an year, and it is not too much to say that it was appropriate badge. The presentation speech as much, if not more enjoyed than all the was made by Prof. Huntington, while Prof. rushes and bums put together. Hart acted as referee, Prof. Holbrook, Bryan, But at length the wisdom of the Faculty '75, and McKennan, '76, as jndges, and Rob­ aw fit to put an end to this innocent sport. erts, '75, time-keeper. In 1 67 the last ball was kicked, and since The victorious Sophs. formed in line and then foot-ball has been with us a thing of the followed by the ot.her members of the college past. The classes of '69 and '70 played the marched to the campus, howling and shout­ final game, and unluckily in '69 a man had ing and carrying the flag at their head. Thi , his leg broken. Next year preparations were by the way, will be placed in the College made as usual for the match, but when every­ library, where "ye jolly Soph." can alway;; thing was ready an edict came forth from point to it with just pride and the usual headquarters abolishing it then and forever. amount of Sophomore conceit. The contest generally took place on the opell The upper class crew was by far the larger pace at the corner of Washington and Bak:e.1· and stouter one, but it seemed to us that they streets, and after it was over the tired Sophs were neither in good training nor good disci­ and Freshies assembled around · a barrel of pline. Every man of them was captain, or foaming beer and bags of crackers, which it acted, at -least, as if he thought so, while the was the rule for the 1attei· to provide. way in which they boasted of tlieir ability to When the Faculty forbade the game they win the race made even their classmates but were kind enough to give Nov. 1st, as a holi­ little loth to see them so ehamefully defeated. day in compensation. When '73 entered The Sophs. were under perfect control and cc,l1ege they buried the foot-ball with cere­ had followed rigidly every direction of their monies, and gave a bnm on the campus to all quiet, but determined, captain, and if nothing the cla ses. This bum resulted in a general else was done in the race we have at least row. The next class endeavored to bury the discovered who is the man to lead us at Sar­ ball also, but for ·some reason did not. They atoga, and that man is and can be none other gave a bum however, but warned by the pro­ than Mr. Hooker. ceedings of the previous year had it down We were glad to see what an interest was town. '75 made an effort to follow in the · taken in the race by the Faculty, and it. footsteps of '73, but one of the committee THE TRINITY TABLET. 169 was so incautious as to broach the matter to a lesson after lesson until examinations draw member of the Faculty, and so many impedi­ nigh. And what does he do then i Study~ ments were consequently thrown in the way Oram? Not he; (with a fine pen, on small that it \vas finally determined to have only a sheets of paper sewed together like a book spread, and to let the burial ceremonies go. he inscribes mystic characters), an hour suffi­ Thus it has been in succeeding yeard. Each ces, in his vest pocket lies what cost his hard­ Freshman class on or as near as possible Nov. workjng classmate days of study to learn. 1st, invites the college to a bum which is held Down goes the peu, he snatches his hat, gets in some hall down town. They are always another of his tribe, and as their footsteps die pleasant a:ffaira, and no one in the long run is away, ever the worse for them. Far the echoing halls prolong, The awful burthen of the song, "To drive dull care away." MESSRS EDITORS: There have been sevel'al The rest of the night is spent in pleasure. articles in the TABLET lately about the decline On the morrow, with :firm and steady step, he and fall of the recent Literary Societies·, and approaches the examination room. He takes more especially the New Literary Societies his seat, looks over his paper, coolly surveys and the '76 Sophomore Debating Society, the room, yawns, stretches, sharpens his pen­ asking what was the reason. One of the cil, and goes to work. Look at him as he sits chief causes was because they did not receive there with close-knit brow, and hair upturned a particle of encouragement from the Faculty. by his wandering hand. The casual visitor They held their meetings in one of the reci­ says: "There is a good student?" The tation rooms and were obliged to pay for the Professor doubtingly assents. But why this gas and fuel consumed. This is not, we thought on his part? He surely is not trying believe, the custom in a single one of the New to puzzle out his paper? An unintelligible England colleges with the exception of Trini­ word in his skin has stuck him, the opened ty. If the Faculty wish to build np the book in the palm of hfa hand is made the butt College and make it, as it ought to be, an of many harsh phrases. A step is heard. institution where a man can obtain, not only The book I where is it? Far up in his coat a thorough cultivation ·of his mind, but prac­ sleeve it nestles; the Professor looks at him tice in debating and public speaking, they suspiciously. But don't for a· moment sup­ will have to be more liberal toward the pose the skinner is limited to his vest pocket, societies organized for that purpose. The the watch, the sleeve, the cuff, the pencil members of the present Sophomore Class are have been used, (and are still.) organizing a Debating Club, and it is to be This man is most feared by the Faculty ; hoped that the Faculty will be better disposed they use various means to circumvent him, towards them than they were to Seventy-Six. but all to no purpose; be is a necessary A SOPHOMORE. feature in college life, without. him, examina­ tions would be but a farce. To such a degree . is this practice carried that regular skins can ' THE ART OF SKINNING. be bought around college, and we should A poet is born, not made, and this saying advise those who want to purchase any to get applies with truth to a skinner ! A skin­ them now at reduced prices, rather than wait ner is born not made. You can always till Christmas when they triple and quadruple tell bim; he is an easy-going fellow, trying in value. Skins are ancient. We do not say his best to enjoy college life, slipping through this on our own authority, but the words of 170 THE TRI.NI1~Y T.llBLE.T. one of our Professors still ring in our minds RrsK, Joseph, '77, is studying at Allegheny • when, as he was describing the ancients he City, Pa., and intends returning to co1lege remarked that "they :floated down the stream next term. (of knowledge) by aid of parchments, more PYNCHON, T. R., '41. Elected President of commonly known as skins." What jokes we Trinity College on Nov. 7th. should lose, what evening stories, if skinning GARDNER, Rev. Chas. H., '70., is at present were abolished! Our first attempts are still at Fayetteville, New York. in our mind; how we held the parchment in Coox, '73, is at the General Theo. Seminary. our hands, and wpen we saw the Prof's. back MowE, '70. Married. In this city on turned, bent our head ·and peeped. The slow Thursday, Oct. 29th, '74, Wm. R. Mowe to steps stopped; hurriedly we thrust it back Miss Charlotte Brainard. in our pockets, and wrote as though genius ScARBOROUGH, '70. The Rev. John Scar­ was enthroned in our brain rather than om· borough, D. D., rector of Trinity Church, pocket. False alarm. Try again, we experi­ Pittsburgh, was elected bi shop of the new ence better luck, and when we hear the joyfn1 diocese of Southern New Jersey. Dr. Scar­ news that we have passsed, we gladly surren­ borough was grnduated in the class of '54; der our little vo~ume to the next neophyte. and after his graduation he took a theological course at the General Theological Seminary. and was from thence called to the rectorship PERSONALS. ·of the Church of the Holy Comforter, BUTLER, Rev. E. E., '60, is at Dover, . J. Poughkeepsie. In 1867 he was elected rec­ McCooK, John J., '63, has returned from tor of Trinity Chnrch, Pittsburgh, the largest Europe. His residence is at Niantic, Ct. and most influential parish ·west of the PAYNE, John W., '61, is now stationed at mountains, every rector of which, with one Englewood, N. J. exception, has been elected a bishop, and it DuLL, Alfred W., '59, of this city has been would seem that Dr. Scarborough· is not be­ very seriously ilJ. He is now convalescing. low the standard. Since Mr. Scarborough's HART, Rev. Samuel, '66, has been offered, rectorship, a new and elegant church has 1:>een so rumor hath it, the Deanery of Bishop erected at a cost of $250 000. In 1872 he Clark8on's Cathedral, Omaha, Neb. received the degree of_D. D. from his Alma STODDARD, J as., '71, is now assistant minis­ Mater, and delivered the oration before the ter of Trinity Pari~h, New Haven. Ad­ House of Convocation the same year. His dress, Box 604. election will be hailed with delight by a1l DYER, Arthur, '70, has resigned his position who know him, and the new diocese cannot on the staff of the Hariford Evening Post but prosper under the supervision of such an and is now assistant editor of the Financier, able and faithful laborer. New York city. SAY1u:;s, Rev. Geo. '36, can be found · at JAcocKs, Jas. G., '47, Woodbury, Ct. Jamaica, ew York. BLACKWELL, Josiah, '66, married to Miss FRANKLIN, '41. The Rev. T. L. Franklin, Martin. D. D. has moved to Madison, Indiana. SMITH, Ira St. CJair, '64, is practicing BowmTcH, '73, is studying law in the office medicine in New Haven. of Gen. Berry, of Winona, Minn. He will WEST, Geo. W., '71. Teaching school at be admitted next Spring. Stone Ridge, Ulster Co., New York. Du Bor , '53. John 0. Du Bois has re­ ZEIGLER, Paul, '72. Assistant minister of turned to his home at St. Croix, W. I.,. after St. John's•Parish, Detroit Mich. . a protracted visit to the United _8tat~s . . THE TRINITY TABLET. 171

the quill over to '76.-Worthington, Hubbard, PARTICLES. Lincoln, Scudder and Bryan are the commit­ Prof. Jim is still confined to his house. to get up the Oratorical. It will come off The rheumatism does not trouble him so next term.- Scniors study Bowen's Political much as general weakness prodnced by old Economy, but "we will consider that point age.- The lecture of Prof. Russell under the further on."-Last year we noticed the sheets auspices of the Phi Beta Kappa was remark­ on a certain FrePhman's bed which by his ably well attended. The Cabinet was crowded own confession had been there for eight weeks. and standing room in demand. May they He explained the circumstance the other day give us another soon.- Trustee's meeting by saying that he had never been away to Decembef 5th.- l\fr. Kimball has opened an boarding- chool before he came to college, office at o. 15 Connecticut Mutual Building, and thought sheets like blankets were kept on fourth floor, where the new plans may l;>e all winter.- A festive Soph. has stroked an seen. Don't neglect seeing them.--W e are incipient mustache so assiduously that his glad to say that the organ has been entirely hand is now reduced to a mere "buneh of renovated. N. B. We might state in this bones." -Another translated " Care Mrecenas connection that the report that two new equos," "Take care of your horses, Mrecenas." ban ks of keys had been ordered is false.-A - Quite a number of fellows are training for certain Senior astonished the chapel worship­ positions on the college crew.-Aldolphus Hall pers by e 'claiming, in an aud_ible tone~ "0 now renovates the spittoons et cetera in place Lord I" He merely got the response in the of Benjamin Franklin Anderson. "Flanklin" Litany too soon.- A Fresh. asked one of his rings the bell instead of Prof. Jim.-We · classmates if he was going to see the "fille of trust "Juanita" will listen to our chum soon, Mrs. Angot's daughter."- A Senior coming for he is continually howling, "Let me linger back from calling the other evening.saw some by thy side." If she doesn't soon, we will townies in the midst of an · exciting debate. take the matter in hand ourselves.-VARIAN, They were in a di pute about the time of the '74, is engaged on the CLEVELAND HERALD.­ discovery of America, and he heard three of A Soph's. washerwoman, a daughter of Erin, them o:ffe1· to bet the others that it was in was gathering up his clothes preparatory to 1776 and not in 1492, and that was what the., taking them away, when she held several were getting np the Centennial for.-J uniors "slightly soiled," garments up to his view and and Sophs. sit in alphabetical order, in tho muttered : "Arrah! what's the mather?"­ most approved boarding-school style, in the Last of all pay your TABLET bills. German Recitation room.- Pay your TABLET bills and make the Editors happy .-The OLIPPING8. . Juniors flunked the Tacitus and consequently will have to explain the hundred marks de­ Scene in Freshman Latin :-Tutor.-" When was the alliance between Rome and Carthage ducted, to their loving parients.-The Brown­ concluded?" ell Hall Telegraph Co., prospers ; there are Fresh.-"When Dido married ..A!Jneas." twelve operators on the Iine.- Blair, '75, is Strained sweetness-Kissing through avail. chief hogag in the Kappa Beta Phi. Daniel The ready money system-Dun, or be done. Pratt, Adams and Ben Butler have agreed to Another affecting extract from a Philadelphia deliver their lectures. Other brilliant speak­ obituary poem has appeared. It reads: ers will be announced, when engaged.-Par­ Put away those little breeches; ticle is dead.-One more number will be Do not try to mend the hole : Little Johnny will not want them, issued by the present board, when we hand He has climbed the golden pole. ·· 172 THE TRINITY TABLET.

Professor ( exhibiting a piece of steel)-Gen- to his Prof. hath never said, "I'm not pre- tlemen, this is a cold punch, and- pared?" Student (sotto voice)_:_Show us a hot one.- "Let Shakespeare stand behind the door, Ex. Let Milton moulder in his tomb, Let Byron sling his quill no more, Cheeky Fresh. (translates from Greek text,) But give the great American traveler, Gen. Dan- She killed me, I, myself! Do you call that iel Pratt not the Astral oil man, a room I" English ? Fresh. (with a wink) Oh ! you don't and if he then doesn't succeed in spouting more understand, killed me, aye, myself: The tutor nonsense in a given time than any man of any forgot his usual dignity of bearing. clime or age, well,-we'll___:be talked to death When the boyish mind is filled with half for lying. defined, but roseate dreams of future greatness A Vermont debating club is now struggling nothing strengthens those aspirations so much as with the question, "Which eat the most­ an inquiry if the kindling wood is split.-Rome chickens, ministers or owls? ''-Ex. . Sentinel. A b0y bas just died from a dose of ink out Would be contributor.-" I wish you would West. An ink-west determined the fact. tell me something to write about." Editor, Henry Ward Beecher says, if ever again the "Well, right about face:" world is punished with a deluge he shall start Professor.-" In finding longitude at sea, how without delay for Princeton, that being the do you compare your own local time with driest place he ever heard of.-Vassar Mis. Greenwich time ? " We do not know what the Rev. B's experience Student.-" Put it down and wait till you get in regard to dry things, places etc., might have there. "-Magenta. been, but if there were to be another deluge if Landlady, fiercely.-" You must not occupy we could get a paper shell made of copies of the that bed with your boots on!" Student-'' 0, Harvard Advocate, we would feel safe. never mind, they're only an old pair. The bed­ Class in Sacred History.-" Mr. P., what kind bugs can't hurt 'em. I'll risk it anyhow." of a nurse did Pharaoh's daughter send for, A Junior in Oberlin College asked excitedly when she found Moses in the bulrushes?" the other day, "If a man should go to Italy and Innocent Mr. P. (promptly.)-" A wet nurse, be born there, would he be a better musician ? " sir." We think it does. While beefsteak and onions cost lots of cash, Be it ever so grisly there's nothing like bash; A student in an Iowa college boarded him­ The scrapings and leavings of no use elsewhere, self on sixty-five cents per week, and studied When mixed together make excellent fare. twenty hours per day. He is now an overseer Hash, hash, good meat hash I of highways. Be it ever so grisly there's nothing like b~sh I The pound of flesh-making tough steak A stranger from home, hotels dazzle in vain ; tender 0, give me cheap eating-house fare that is plain ; Home stretch-the stretch across the maternal The waiter who gaily re echoes my call knee. For a nice plate of hash or a single fish-ball. Hash, hash, good meat hash! "The cause of womans suffrage"-Scarcity of 0, for a nice plate of hash or a single fish-ball! husbands. 11he Rutgers Ta1·gum perpetrates a poem a TUTOR to SoPH. Do you understand this la Josh Billings, of which the following is a statement? sample: SoPIL No, sir. " And if you cannot cut a­ TUTOR. You may demonstrate at the board Or c:i.use an l that the statement is not a correct one. J hope U'll put a . SoPH. : I accept the statement, sir. 2 l's?" (Beautiful example of child liketrust.)-Argus. A fashionable lady says her husband is the Breathes there a man with soul so dead, that latest thing out. THE TRINITY TABLET. 178 "Pray madame, why do you name your old JA M E S C LARKE ' S hen Macduff?" "Because, sir, I want her to Wholesale and Retail lay on!" One Price Clothing House, 45 Asylum St., Hartford, Conn .. H o "\V t o l earn it. Send (Old Number 29.) stamp for circnlar to SAMUEL It WELLS, Ph reno log"" t1 1 389 Broadway, N. Y. BULLETIN FOR THE FALL AND WINTER '74-5. We would call the attention of all in want of Clothing to the choice and complete stock of Gents' Fine Medinm and Cheap Clothing, of our own manufacture. We are positive there has EAGLE DYE HOUSE. never been shown in this city a e.tock of Gentlemens' clothing that so nearly approaches Fine Ouswm W01·k, both ae. to materials, GEORGE ROHRMA YER. make up and cut, the work having been done under our own supervision, and the greater part of it made by regular custom Ladies' and Gents' Garments of Every Description, journeymen during the past dull season. Dyed, Cleansed and Repaired. In our Custom Department we have a Complete Stock of For­ K I D G LO V E S C L E A N S E D. eign and Domer; tic Goods, comprising all the novelties of the season, which we are prepared to make up in the latest style, and No. 24 TRUMBULL STREET. at as reasonable prices as 1s consistent with good work. H. S. HOUSE & CO., City Hotel Drug Store. OPERA HOUSE, Drugs and Medicines of all kinds. Imported Cigars best in town. 39 S M ain Street, Students' Trade Solicited. PAYN, COSTUMER, W ine, Bier and Billiards, AND Manager of Private Theatricals, No. 71 ASYLUM ST., HARTFORD, CT. AUGUST ZIBELIN. Fancy Dresses furnished for Balls, Masquerades, and Tableaux. S E Y M S & CO. , AT Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Choice TEA, COFFEE, SUGAR, FRUIT, &_c. MORIARTY BROS' A general assortment of Choice Family Groceri_es. MERCHANT T AILORING E sT ABLISHMENT , 217 MAIN ST., CITY HOTEL BLOCK, HARTFORD, CONN. 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